PDF Properties
Using a custom set of XML tags inside your HTML, you can insert both custom metadata as well as instructions for how the PDF would be viewed in a PDF viewer application (subject of course to that application supporting those features).
Options
You use the (optional) tag <pdfproperties> and within that tag you
can insert <metainfo> and <pdfpreferences>
sections as shown in the instructions below. Within the
<metainfo> tag, you can add <prop> tags
with @name, @value attribute pairs with the data you wish
to store in the PDF metadata. Anything without one of the recognized, standard PDF
names (author, title, subject,
creator, keywords) are stored in custom metadata in
the PDF.
The <pdfpreferences> section allows you to insert one or more
<pref> tags with specific @name,
@value pairs that control the way the resulting PDF is displayed
with a viewer that supports standard PDF view attributes. The support
name, @value pairs are listed below and grouped into
all the available categories:
General PDF Options
These options let you control some general information about the generated PDF.
bookmarks - sets whether PDF bookmarks are generated or not. The default
is "false" for Cloudformatter. You can set @value to "true" if you want
bookmarks in PDF. Note that bookmarks are only generated for interpreted
hierarchical information. All h1 elements and there following
h2 elements and so on. Skipping levels will break the sequence and
the bookmarks will not be correct.
pdf-version - sets the PDF version number. The default is version 1.5
for Cloudformatter but you set @value to values like "1.3", "1.4",
"1.6" or "1.7" if you wish to change the version. Be aware thar some other features
could be disabled by setting the version too low.
compress - sets whether the PDF is compressed or not. The default is
"true" for Cloudformatter. You can set @value to "false" if you want
uncompressed PDF.
linearize - sets whether the PDF is linearized or not. The default is
"false" for Cloudformatter. You can set @value to "true" if you want to
optimize a long PDF for web view.
PDF View Options
These options let you control how the PDF when opened appears to the end user.
view-mode - Choose from one of the following:
auto- If there are bookmarks in the document, the bookmarks pane is displayed. Otherwise, all auxiliary panes are hidden.show-none- All auxiliary panes are hidden.show-bookmarks- The bookmarks pane is displayed.show-thumbnails- The thumbnails pane is displayed.full-screen- The document is displayed in full screen-mode.
initial-zoom - Choose from one of the following:
auto- Page scaling is not specified.fit- The page is scaled to fit completely into the view port.fit-width- The page is scaled so that its width matches the width of the view port.fit-height- The page is scaled so that its height matches the height of the view port.###or####%- The page is scaled by the number or percentage specified.
page-layout - Choose from one of the following:
auto- Uses settings of viewer application.single-page- Displays one page at a time.continuous- Displays pages continuously in one column.two-columns-left- Displays pages continuously in two columns, with odd-numbered pages to the left.two-columns-right- Displays pages continuously in two columns, with odd-numbered pages to the right.two-pages-left- Displays pages in two columns, by two pages at a time, with odd-numbered pages to the left.two-pages-right- Displays pages in two columns, by two pages at a time, with odd-numbered pages to the right.
viewer-preferences - A comma separated list of the following
possibilities:
hide-toolbar- Hides the viewer application's tool bars when the document is active.hide-menubar- Hides the viewer application's menu bar when the document is active.hide-window-ui- Hides user interface elements in the document's window (such as scroll bars and navigation controls), leaving only the document's contents displayed.fit-window- Resizes the document's window to fit the size of the first displayed page.center-window- Positions the document's window in the center of the screen.display-document-title- Controls whether the window's title bar displays the document title taken from the "title" metadata field.
PDF Security
These options allow you to specify owner and user security in the PDF output. User-level security can inject a password to be used to open the PDF, while owner-level security can control what can be done with the PDF (like printing it or copying the data from it).
userpassword - Sets the user password that must be entered to view the
PDF. There are no options, the @value passed is the password to be
used.
ownerpassword - Sets the owner password that must be entered to enable
advanced processing of the PDF. There are no options, the @value passed
is the password to be used. An ownerpassword is used to lock down certain privledges
that an owner will grant to a recipient of the PDF. Without the owner password,
recipients can be restricted from certain things. By default they are restricted
from everything, and you can then specify what additional things you allow by using
userpriviledges.
userpriviledges - A comma separated list of the following
possibilities:
print- Enables printing the document.modify- Enables editing the document.copy- Enables copying text and images from the document to the clipboard.annotate- Enables adding notations to the document and changing the field values.
PDF Pre-Press Options
These allow you to specify crop marks, bleeds and registration marks to be applied to the PDF.
crop-offset - specify offsets from the meaningful content on the page to
the edges of the physical media (/MediaBox entry in the PDF page dictionary). Its
value is a series of 1 to 4 length specifiers that set offsets from the edges of the
page area to the corresponding edges of the /MediaBox. Rules for expanding the value
are the same as for the padding property in CSS.
bleed - specify the bleeds — an extra space around the page area into
which the contents of the page may protrude (/BleedBox entry in the PDF page
dictionary). Its value is a series of 1 to 4 length specifiers that set offsets from
the edges of the page area to the corresponding edges of the /BleedBox. Rules for
expanding the value are the same as for the padding property in CSS.
crop-mark-width - defines line width for the crop marks, setting it to 0
disables drawing of crop marks.
bleed-mark-width - defines line width for the bleed marks, setting it to
0 disables drawing of bleed marks.
printer-mark - specify additional SVG images to be drawn in the offset
area surrounding the page (specified by crop-offset and bleed parameters). Printer
marks are clipped to the outside of the bleed rectangle. The @value is
a URL to an SVG you have. This sample has two URLs (one for a colorbar and one for a
registration mark) you can also use if you like.
The following code is what is behind this page for producing the PDF. Of course, you would only see the things supported by your PDF viewer you use. If you wish to see them all in action, then use "download" and Adobe Reader to view the PDF.
Recent changes in some browsers will not treat this XML as XML. Instead it tries (incorrectly) to not close tags. For best results, be sure to use open and close tags and not a self-closing tag.
<pdfproperties style="display:none;">
<metainfo>
<prop name="author" value="Xportability LLC"></prop>
<prop name="title"
value="Xportability Cloudformatter: Showing Custom
PDF Properties"></prop>
<prop name="subject" value="A Cloudformatter Document"></prop>
<prop name="creator" value="css2pdf@cloudformatter.com"></prop>
<prop name="keywords" value="CSS, PDF, Cloudformatter"></prop>
<prop name="custom1" value="value1"></prop>
<prop name="custom2" value="value2"></prop>
<prop name="custom3" value="value3"></prop>
<prop name="custom4" value="value4"></prop>
</metainfo>
<pdfpreferences>
<pref name="bookmarks" value="true"></pref>
<pref name="pdf-version" value="1.6"></pref>
<pref name="view-mode" value="auto"></pref>
<pref name="initial-zoom" value="fit-height"></pref>
<pref name="page-layout" value="two-columns-left"></pref>
<pref name="viewer-preferences" value="display-document-title"></pref>
<pref name="crop-offset" value="0.5in"></pref>
<pref name="crop-mark-width" value="1px"></pref>
<pref name="printer-mark"
value="http://www.cloudformatter.com/Resources/Images/registration.svg"></pref>
<pref name="printer-mark"
value="http://www.cloudformatter.com/Resources/Images/colorbar.svg"></pref>
</pdfpreferences>
</pdfproperties>
Sample Output H2
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Sample Output H3
Rebum no iusto tempor kasd est dolore et amet stet sit. Tempor diam et ea diam nostrud amet lorem feugait vero justo illum sit lorem dolor eirmod tempor ad. Est ipsum in accusam duo in ut vel vel hendrerit. Elitr lorem ipsum amet duo sit diam ipsum gubergren accusam ea kasd gubergren accusam. Ipsum tempor veniam sea sadipscing facilisi magna nonumy elitr lorem dolor dolores blandit elitr sit. Sit at elitr magna et volutpat amet. Sit eu eos lorem esse nonumy gubergren aliquyam option kasd ipsum facer sadipscing vel. At amet facilisis takimata erat labore. Nisl kasd elitr dolore rebum accusam tempor no ipsum.
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Sample Output H4
Ullamcorper at consetetur vel kasd sea iriure dolores dolor labore in vulputate wisi lorem magna stet eos et. Dolore amet labore zzril amet est dolor diam et ut rebum ullamcorper. Takimata clita gubergren nulla dolores aliquyam dolore lorem sed dolor consequat liber gubergren sed ipsum eirmod ut zzril lorem. Duo accusam lorem eos amet augue aliquyam suscipit. Dolor erat consequat elitr kasd nonummy nam dolor et ipsum minim tempor feugiat ipsum. Vel amet takimata. Dolor nonumy elitr diam zzril ipsum vero est sit.
Eos lorem no lorem aliquyam et labore stet dolore eu quis diam luptatum sit. Accumsan nonumy praesent dolor vel dolores tation amet. Sed tempor sed. Sadipscing labore no amet facilisi eum aliquyam. Diam molestie et magna no magna sea et erat adipiscing diam sed amet elitr molestie molestie consetetur dolore. Et amet nonumy duo consetetur feugait assum lorem ipsum et ea volutpat sed magna quod eum. Te accusam ut ut lorem sit vulputate gubergren feugiat stet magna sit magna iusto amet aliquyam. Rebum rebum eirmod et consequat sanctus et diam no sit rebum gubergren justo adipiscing magna. Invidunt sed et nulla clita praesent ipsum. Eos et no ea ipsum blandit ut lorem facer amet duo sed vero. Dolore consequat ipsum sea accumsan sit.
Sample Output H4
Nulla dolore lorem. Erat id sit erat amet magna kasd vero lorem elit elitr est sea lorem cum. Diam vero rebum diam accusam iusto. Diam erat lorem elitr takimata nisl. Voluptua dolore duis consectetuer nonumy accusam dolor justo amet et justo duo. Consectetuer elitr sadipscing erat duo veniam.
Adipiscing ipsum stet et sed feugiat eos mazim. Eirmod tempor duo. Est tincidunt sadipscing at dolores feugiat sit justo erat quod. Iusto eos sed feugiat qui ex vero ea euismod dolor. Sit amet lorem sed sed nulla amet lorem.
Sample Output H3
Option nonumy adipiscing delenit et in ut erat magna amet ut sadipscing hendrerit nibh dolor molestie. Eirmod kasd stet et at ea consequat dolor euismod dolor et sed. Vero aliquyam sadipscing takimata eos cum zzril duo assum kasd accumsan esse congue erat et dolor sed tempor. Odio justo ullamcorper tation tempor consetetur at eos ut dolores ullamcorper lorem dolore ullamcorper ea. Facilisis sit ea nisl ipsum et sea ea amet dolor sanctus id kasd nulla consetetur dolor sed. Justo diam vel lorem est. Luptatum magna adipiscing sit dolore clita vero sed sit magna duis dolor in dolor et eleifend ea eirmod takimata. Eirmod aliquyam takimata et et dignissim sea tempor amet tempor aliquam vel diam est sed. Nostrud ut eirmod aliquyam clita nulla kasd.
Sadipscing amet consetetur sed eirmod. Ipsum amet accusam at. Eos est sanctus sit ipsum dolores sed dolor. Elitr aliquyam et sanctus delenit. Eros et dolor et eu justo voluptua eros erat feugait ea ut consequat takimata et invidunt voluptua dolor.
Sample Output H4
Cum amet elitr tempor kasd dolores sed. Eos magna no stet tincidunt rebum lorem rebum diam elit quis magna consectetuer aliquyam et consequat stet lorem diam. Vulputate vulputate ad diam ex duo suscipit feugiat elitr illum amet rebum et dolore sit sed et minim sadipscing. Est laoreet ut diam aliquip quod consetetur vero nulla sanctus ea aliquyam eos dolor et. Gubergren cum accusam accumsan ut iusto et ipsum justo ut in in quis. Et no et nibh dolore lorem duo invidunt et takimata at dolore sit invidunt wisi ea nonumy. Stet labore magna magna facilisi ut vero labore diam at. Et lorem et rebum et. Sanctus at sit minim invidunt eirmod sea sit stet lorem id odio velit dolor takimata autem.
Eirmod erat accumsan ipsum sit lorem ipsum iriure tation congue in. Clita sit nihil consectetuer minim diam consetetur labore at eirmod voluptua labore sadipscing ex labore duis sit sed nihil. Sit amet tation consetetur autem lorem suscipit dolor augue. Nisl consetetur nonumy est nihil tempor no amet labore justo dolor rebum. Labore sanctus sea sadipscing ut ea. Sadipscing dolore sit ipsum takimata invidunt et eirmod sed no lorem sit. Justo sit erat kasd tempor sanctus vulputate diam dolor consetetur erat eirmod. Labore kasd vulputate tempor amet. Dolore sadipscing elit vero sadipscing tempor elit kasd amet lorem quod vel. Voluptua id tation dolore diam stet est sed voluptua labore elitr hendrerit et ea dolor ipsum ea amet. Augue et ea sit hendrerit sed ut vero justo facilisis eirmod et nonummy enim rebum ea sanctus ea.
Sample Output H4
Eos nulla iriure est gubergren dolor soluta est. Ea stet laoreet lorem hendrerit aliquyam dolore sea dolore nulla et elitr. Dolore labore eirmod illum duo et sea lorem sed labore aliquip voluptua magna sanctus no no. Nonumy et commodo lorem takimata duo sit erat eirmod dolor magna sea magna ut. Enim vel et sadipscing. Takimata nonumy iriure duis nam. Et duo erat no at takimata ipsum amet laoreet stet minim ut voluptua lorem dolore. Sit et diam sed kasd lorem delenit facilisis erat ipsum dolores.
Wisi erat ipsum magna consequat est ad et augue diam at gubergren ut diam sadipscing est sit eleifend consetetur. Illum sadipscing eros et wisi magna magna lorem odio erat autem accumsan nulla. Sea et quis sit sadipscing. Est no consectetuer elitr. Magna at ipsum ut labore sed ipsum sanctus no sed euismod eirmod eleifend esse et takimata minim augue dolore. Duo dolor sit et gubergren quis dolore takimata lorem quis consetetur facilisis blandit. Labore nonumy euismod volutpat eirmod volutpat eum illum autem nulla ex quis. Invidunt vero eirmod kasd. Rebum et nobis aliquyam in lorem duis.
More Sample Output H2
Laoreet facilisis duo et. Aliquip et ut aliquyam. Amet no ipsum lorem adipiscing diam tincidunt justo enim qui sit labore sanctus lorem duis. No et accusam eum et accusam. Vulputate et et lorem dolore cum gubergren diam. Sadipscing accusam ea ea praesent et et voluptua ea esse dolore nonumy duis placerat ea ea ipsum dolores gubergren. Magna labore amet at et elitr et sadipscing tempor lorem duo lobortis sed sit elitr.
Amet stet eirmod sit consetetur aliquyam. Nonumy sit diam ipsum sed aliquyam est. Et imperdiet et sea voluptua diam voluptua sadipscing tempor iriure eirmod clita. Duis dolor esse ex no aliquip et lorem et amet eirmod eirmod sea invidunt eirmod dolor lorem. Sea luptatum dolor est rebum no et augue dolor vero dolor dolor nibh nonumy duo. Dolore ipsum et dolor ipsum nihil dolores consequat kasd erat. Hendrerit vulputate nisl eirmod elitr luptatum diam. Rebum diam sed. Rebum gubergren aliquyam est sit duo accusam et dolore.
Sample Output H3
Consetetur invidunt magna tation clita erat. Et consetetur labore eros at diam sadipscing invidunt eum invidunt lorem ut laoreet dolor et. Takimata autem nonumy eum in lorem sed facilisi amet justo elit no ipsum kasd consetetur lorem qui. Ipsum erat qui volutpat possim lorem kasd iriure aliquam ut sadipscing mazim dolor magna vero amet vero sea. Invidunt diam ut erat autem ut. Kasd vel et ipsum elitr sit. Eos ipsum diam sit lorem no invidunt eos. Autem et rebum voluptua et.
Ipsum invidunt justo at elit voluptua sit in vero consetetur vel tation no stet invidunt sadipscing. Justo mazim et ut labore in duis esse et labore velit ex erat duo. Ipsum dolor aliquyam sit dolor. Nonumy dolores dolor rebum kasd gubergren sit sadipscing et. No sed est ullamcorper ipsum sed eirmod sit feugiat qui amet kasd labore. Consetetur diam nibh. Dolor eos eirmod justo. Sed aliquyam voluptua doming hendrerit eos erat. Stet luptatum tempor lorem dolore at diam sanctus voluptua tempor kasd qui. Takimata erat erat nonummy stet.
Sample Output H4
Invidunt amet ipsum et possim sadipscing sea. Eos ea sadipscing nulla amet ipsum takimata erat blandit. Vulputate accusam duo laoreet elitr ut accusam labore rebum vulputate. Duis ea justo sea eos invidunt duo praesent in no nonumy gubergren ut labore sed consetetur diam dolore accumsan. Aliquam kasd dolor minim dolor clita stet lorem clita. Sanctus stet dolor et id option ullamcorper diam eirmod clita nonumy exerci lorem dolore sit lorem. Nonumy dolores sit at dolores sed sanctus ex.
Laoreet kasd et eos ad eos consetetur. Et ea vero nonumy sed vel et ad eum nulla takimata. In lorem gubergren aliquyam. Lorem dolores et accusam eirmod dolor at. Dolor eirmod et duo nonumy vel justo sanctus ipsum erat eirmod diam eirmod voluptua veniam. Et minim quod in. Sit duo sit sed vel voluptua voluptua diam aliquip at molestie ut zzril. Eu amet id iusto invidunt soluta diam diam vero et diam gubergren. Accumsan tempor dolore feugait sit ex dolor qui justo sed duis.
Sample Output H4
Dolores et ut commodo blandit liber praesent eu sed eirmod sit. Sea sed ea sea consetetur erat. Eos consequat ad ipsum lorem justo amet ipsum facilisis elitr nostrud vel ipsum magna consequat ipsum at ea. Et cum nulla erat dolore dolore ut ipsum rebum no accusam exerci et lorem. Ipsum ut duo augue amet eu wisi cum eirmod. Labore labore ipsum nostrud accusam ut. Invidunt invidunt eros consectetuer ipsum cum et est et ea ut dolore voluptua. Dolor invidunt eirmod clita nobis duo amet tempor feugait sit sit dignissim at autem gubergren nam.
Invidunt amet et nonumy eos ipsum sanctus ex dolor sea dolore. Stet sed nulla accumsan eos dolor kasd eum nonumy sanctus aliquyam. Sed eirmod consectetuer at eu vel consetetur duis volutpat rebum laoreet aliquyam voluptua rebum dolor takimata takimata dolor lorem. Et voluptua dolore no vero erat rebum no sit et. Option et dolore eum labore amet autem et ipsum stet lorem dolor lorem dolores ut rebum. Aliquam lorem est ipsum nobis kasd rebum ipsum dolore ut lobortis gubergren et ut duo justo. Voluptua rebum nostrud esse. In et magna amet et amet clita sed nulla eos dignissim.
Sample Output H3
Elitr kasd amet dolor et accusam dolor erat gubergren sed kasd in sed et sed tempor. Et justo eu kasd magna id eos praesent eirmod dolor suscipit sed magna feugiat diam sit. Elitr sea kasd erat in. Sed sed feugiat diam justo consetetur te luptatum et ipsum volutpat ipsum ea magna kasd clita ut. Magna sit at.
Sed erat et et ea sed et diam dolor aliquyam dolor sed lorem duis diam. Exerci sed veniam sed vulputate eirmod at no et lorem magna placerat et dolor diam rebum est. Lorem no lorem dolor nonummy nonumy stet voluptua et eos. Accusam dolore sit sit vero takimata lobortis feugiat te diam erat sit clita et kasd. Consequat consetetur et nonumy eirmod tempor no rebum et lorem liber et sed sit.
Sample Output H4
Dignissim ad stet rebum ex. No sed sit tempor amet dolore euismod no tempor nulla aliquam no et. Eirmod vel sadipscing ipsum magna dolore lorem. Invidunt elitr duo rebum invidunt dolores magna. Elitr dolor exerci dolor ut sea et soluta sed. Nonumy eirmod dolores diam sit dolores aliquyam elitr ullamcorper ut accusam diam kasd molestie imperdiet et lorem voluptua invidunt. Wisi exerci sed nonumy takimata laoreet et ea elit aliquyam clita nulla clita.
Duis esse erat nonumy dolor vel sadipscing voluptua sit aliquyam stet zzril nonumy ut nonummy diam nonummy dolores. Sed lorem gubergren duis ut elitr vel ipsum consetetur facilisis. Clita dolores kasd euismod amet illum vel aliquyam ut nulla et dolore dolore no eum eos nibh sea ipsum. Amet elitr dolores consetetur vero amet sed. Invidunt amet suscipit amet. Vero dolores diam labore erat aliquam kasd.
Sample Output H4
Ea rebum sea et diam. Gubergren qui consetetur tempor sed duo sanctus eirmod et duo. Lorem sadipscing luptatum. Ut at sanctus justo. Et kasd aliquam erat iusto elitr dolore labore eros dolor invidunt diam accumsan et duo dolore et volutpat at. Sit aliquyam eos accusam.
Justo sit et veniam diam nobis dolor duo diam dolore sit. Labore amet invidunt sed. Adipiscing dolore takimata sea hendrerit delenit. Stet eros feugiat dolor hendrerit nonummy commodo lorem et. Et ut kasd kasd stet ipsum nonummy est id aliquip ut voluptua et at elitr gubergren dolor sit. Lorem dolores vel. Rebum soluta dolore ut at diam dolore illum consequat diam. Diam lorem erat lorem erat clita eros ea consetetur amet at tempor vel lorem. Dolore stet duis no ea aliquyam sadipscing at dolor sed. Volutpat accusam augue stet invidunt ea.